Jesuit commemorates 50th anniversary of integration
By Philip Stelly
Contributing Writer
Editor's Note: In the original print version of this story, the date of integration for New Orleans public schools was incorrectly stated as 1961. We have corrected ...

Claimants opt out of proposed BP medical settlement
By Susan Buchanan
Contributing Writer
A medical portion in the proposed, $7.8 billion class-action settlement with BP will satisfy some residents who became ill from the 2010 spill but hundreds of others ...

Drunk driver kills 7, family wants justice
By J. Kojo Livingston
Contributing Writer
In Slaughter, Louisiana, people are up in arms about the handling of a case of vehicular homicide that left seven people dead. Issues of race and ...